All Silent Hill Games in Order
Silent Hill is a franchise psychological survival horror game created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the franchise were developed by an internal group called Team Silent. The other games were developed by other, mostly Western developers. The Silent Hill franchise has expanded to include various print pieces, two feature films, and spin-off video games.
Silent Hill games were mainly take place in a fictonal American town called “Silent Hill”. Silent Hill town is a phenomenon where it takes shape of every character’s subconscious. It brings bad memories, faces the character big fears and makes the character go through every fear possible.
In this article, you can find all Silent Hill games in order.
All Silent Hill Games in Order
Silent Hill (1999)
The first game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about Harry Mason searches for his missing adopted daughter in the mysterious town called Silent Hill. Stumbling upon a cult conducting a ritual to revive a deity it worships, Harry discovers his daughter’s true origin. Depending on the in game actions, multiple ending can be achieved by player. It was released in 1999 for the PlayStation. In 2009, the game became available for download from the European PlayStation Network store for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable, and later, in the same year, from the North American PlayStation Network store.
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
The second game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about James Sunderland searching for her dead wife in Silent Hill after having received a letter from her informing him that she is waiting for him there. After searching in and exploring the mysterious town, he ultimately realizes her death’s true nature. Just like first Silent Hill game, multiple ending can be achieved by player. It was released in September 2001 for the PlayStation 2. An extended version of the game was released for the Xbox in December of the same year as Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams in North America and Silent Hill 2: Inner Fears in Europe, and for the PlayStation 2 in 2003 as Silent Hill 2: Director’s Cut, with a port of Director’s Cut to Microsoft Windows released in February 2003.
Silent Hill 3 (2003)
The third game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about a teenage girl named Heather as she becomes caught in a conflict within Silent Hill’s cult and discovers her true origin. Just like previous Silent Hill games, multiple ending can be achieved by player. It was released in May 2003 for the PlayStation 2, with a port to Microsoft Windows released in October of the same year. Silent Hill 3 is a direct sequel to the first installment in the series.
Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
The fourth game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about Henry Townshend, who finds himself locked in his apartment as strange phenomena begin to unfold around him and other residents of the building. It was released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows and it also marked the end of Team Silent’s contributions to the series.
Silent Hill: Origins (2007)
The fifth game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about trucker Travis Grady, who becomes trapped in Silent Hill after rescuing a girl from a burning house. During his quest to find the fate of the burned girl, he encounters characters from the first game and is forced to face his past. It was developed by Climax Studios and released in 2007 for the PlayStation Portable, with a port for the PlayStation 2 released in 2008 and was also the first Silent Hill title developed outside Japan. It is known as Silent Hill Zero in Japan.
Silent Hill: Homecoming (2008)
The sixth game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about Alex Shepherd, a soldier who has returned from a war overseas. Alex discovers upon his arrival that his father has gone missing, his mother has become catatonic, and no one can provide the whereabouts of his younger brother, Joshua. The game chronicles Alex’s search to find his missing brother. It was developed by Double Helix Games and released in 2008 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and in 2009 for Microsoft Windows.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is reimagining of the first installment. Developed by Climax Studios for the Wii in December 2009, ports for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable were released in January 2010. Shattered Memories retains the premise of the original game, Harry Mason’s quest to find his missing daughter in the American town of Silent Hill, but is set in what appears to be a different fictional universe, following a different plot, with characters from the first game appearing altered alongside new ones. Gameplay takes place in two parts: a framing, first-person psychotherapy session with an unseen patient, and an over-the-shoulder perspective of Harry’s journey through Silent Hill, periodically interrupted by the occurrence of an environmental shift where he is pursued by monsters.
Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)
The eight game in the Silent Hill franchise explores story about Murphy Pendleton, a prisoner who is stranded in Silent Hill after his prison transport vehicle crashes. Formerly announced in April 2010 and developed by Vatra Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game was released on March 13, 2012. It is the only game in the series that can be played in 3D (stereoscopic).
All Silent Hill Spin Off Games
Silent Hill: The Arcade (2007)
Silent Hill: The Arcade is an arcade game that deals with two characters, Eric and Tina, who have entered the town of Silent Hill and must battle monsters while uncovering the mystery behind Eric’s nightmares about a girl and a steamship. The Arcade has a multiplayer element, where each player can choose to be either Eric or Tina. A second player can join the game at any time.
Silent Hill: Orphan (2007)
Silent Hill: Orphan is a mobile game. The game is set in an abandoned orphanage and is played through first-person, point and click gameplay.
Silent Hill: The Escape (2007)
Silent Hill: The Escape is a mobile game. It was released in Japan for the FOMA phone December 19, 2007, and was released for the iOS internationally in 2009. The goal of the game is to guide the player through ten stages by finding a key and opening the locked door. The game is played in a first person perspective. The game achieved mixed reviews due to lack of storyline and poor execution.
Silent Hill: Orphan 2 (2008)
Silent Hill: Orphan 2 is a mobile game, and a sequel to Silent Hill: Orphan.
Silent Hill: Orphan 3 (2010)
Silent Hill: Orphan 3 is a mobile game, and a sequel to Silent Hill: Orphan 2.
Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012)
Silent Hill: Book of Memories was released for the PlayStation Vita. Book of Memories utilizes an overhead isometric view, follows a different storyline and features returning creatures from the series’ fictional universe, as well as cooperative gameplay; the game is the first installment in the series to feature multiplayer gameplay, apart from The Arcade. According to series producer Tomm Hulett, Book of Memories’ gameplay is largely different from the one established in previous installments in the series, focusing on cooperative multiplayer action rather than traditional psychological horror.
P.T. (2014)
During Sony Computer Entertainment’s presentation at Gamescom 2014, an interactive teaser titled P.T. (initialism for “playable teaser”) was released on the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 4. The teaser revealed a new Silent Hill game entitled Silent Hills, being developed by Kojima Productions using the Fox Engine, and a collaboration between Hideo Kojima and film director Guillermo del Toro, featuring actor Norman Reedus. On September 1, Sony revealed during its pre-TGS press conference that P.T. had been downloaded over a million times and had been viewed over 30,000,000 times across platforms. P.T. was pulled from the PlayStation Store and is no longer available for download. Numerous remakes of P.T. have spawned as a result of the game’s extremely limited availability; it remains unavailable on the PlayStation Store, and has since been blocked from running on the PlayStation 5.
Silent Hill: Ascension (2023)
An interactive media experience known as Silent Hill: Ascension was announced in October 2022. It was developed by Genvid Technologies, Bad Robot Games and Behaviour Interactive. It is a Choose Your Own Adventure style interactive game where viewers can vote on the direction of the story in real time, allowing them to have agency in how the singular canon progresses similar to other horror contemporaries such as Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and the 2020 continuation of Ben Drowned. The first episode was broadcast on October 31, 2023 which acted as the so called “series premiere” of the interactive series. The series was broadcast daily at 9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM PT for “the next several months”, with the last episode aired on April 24, 2024.
Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024)
Following messages from her friend Maya, Anita finds herself at a crumbling apartment block, infamous for rumors of suicides. Drawn inside, Anita soon finds her sense of reality shattered as she encounters bizarre, otherworldly spaces, haunted by a twisted monster. Maya’s message was clear — “”can’t leave til you find it”” — but what is it that Anita is really looking for?
That’s the released Silent Hill games in order in current time. There are announced Silent Hill games like Silent Hill 2 (2024), Silent Hill: Townfall. More details about them will be revealed once they make their launch.
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